esurient English

Meaning esurient meaning

What does esurient mean?

esurient

— adjective (= edacious, rapacious, ravenous, voracious) devouring or craving food in great quantities edacious vultures a rapacious appetite ravenous as wolves voracious sharks

— adjective (= avid, devouring, greedy) (often followed by 'for') ardently or excessively desirous avid for adventure an avid ambition to succeed fierce devouring affection the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity greedy for fame

— adjective (= famished, ravenous, starved) extremely hungry they were tired and famished for food and sleep a ravenous boy the family was starved and ragged fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy

Synonyms esurient synonyms

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esurient English » English

ravenous

greedy

avid

voracious

starved

sharp-set

wolfish

ravening

rapacious

hungry

famished

edacious

devouring

starving

predaceous

piggy

gluttonous

empty-bellied

empty

cormorant